What Did ICE Know About David Brouillette?
Short | 1 months ago
Ashley Brouillette had not heard from her ex-husband, David Brouillette, since November. She says one of their last interactions was a three-minute voicemail in which David told her that someone should slit her and her daughters’ throats. Then, last week, A...
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The Man Making Pete Hegseth Richer Also Pushes "Pro-Israel Policies" Like War With Iran
Short | 1 months ago
Meet the man working to make the defense secretary richer—and has helped lay the groundwork for Israeli influence on top Trump officials. In March 2022, Pete Hegseth, then a Fox News analyst and host, spoke at a dinner put on by the Israel Heritage Foundati...
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Pete Hegseth's Iran War Spending Keeps Growing
Short | 1 months ago
"It is a fiscally responsible budget," says Pete Hegseth. Meanwhile, the numbers from his own mouth say different. 🙄
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Trump Keeps Pushing The SAVE Act. Some Republicans Are Over It Too.
Short | 1 months ago
Trump's SAVE America Act could disenfranchise millions of voters and would severely limit how Americans can register to vote. And even some Republicans have had it.
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Trump’s Primetime Speech Was a Dud
Short | 1 months ago
Donald Trump promised “really big news” in his primetime address on election integrity on Thursday night but failed to deliver any. Instead, he recited a laundry list of disinformation and misinformation but provided no evidence votes were changed or voting...
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Trump pushes for the Save Act in unhinged primetime address
Short | 1 months ago
In a primetime address on Thursday night, President Trump once again made a desperate plea that Congress pass the Save America Act. "The only reason you wouldn't do it is you want to cheat because your policies are so bad," he said. "Your candidates are so ...
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DHS Just Bought Two Private Prisons in California
Short | 1 months ago
The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two privately-run detention facilities from the for-profit prison company CoreCivic, the company announced, in a move that may serve to shield the facilities from oversight. DHS bought the two Southern Calif...
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The Venice Biennale’s US Pavilion Said... Nothing
Guide | 2 months ago
I was on my family vacation in Italy, watching a film where an artist dressed up as a giant talking piece of shit hangs out with friends at a cafe. I quickly started to question my life choices. I was visiting the Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigiou...
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Devastated Biddeford, Maine locals react after neighbor killed by ICE agents
Short | 2 months ago
"I knew the guy. He was always around. He got a kid, a little daughter. And that's the most devastating." On Monday morning, 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero was shot and killed by ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine. Reports say that not only was Guerrero au...
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They Came After Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil. Now He Wants Justice.
Short | 2 months ago
Today, Mahmoud Khalil filed a suit alleging Trump officials entered a “public-private” conspiracy to deport activists. Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist who spent months in ICE detention, is suing a constellation of right-wing figures and organizatio...
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The Supreme Court's Ruling on Birthright Citizenship Was a Warning
Podcast | 2 months ago
► For more, visit Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/supreme-court-term-wrap/ At the end of June, the Supreme Court affirmed that birthright citizenship is the law of the land. The decision, by Chief Justice John Roberts, upholds the...
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Why Are Billionaires so Hard to Tax?
Guide | 2 months ago
Everyone thinks billionaires should be taxed more—well, except billionaires. In fact, there have been a whole bunch of bills introduced at the federal level to tax billionaire wealth. None have passed, and even if they did, explains Michael Mechanic, a long...
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